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Paradox Interactive will today be setting sailing for the lost cities of Gold as they release the El Dorado expansion to Europa Universalis IV. Accompanying the new DLC is an all-new free content patch.

El Dorado features a new exploration system, new religions for Central and South American tribes, a change to vassal and subject relations, and a Nation Designer for custom world states.

The hunt for the lost cities of gold will begin later this month as Paradox Interactive announce Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado will be launching its expedition February 26th. This is the fifth expansion to the grand strategy.

It adds a number of major new features such as a more in-depth Central and South America, auto-exploring fleets, the new Nation Designer for custom games, and will be accompanied by a patch with free content.